Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion

“Gameplay is mostly just a vessel for the art and writing; it's janky, occasionally irritating, and left click sometimes loses its function after sprinting.”

“As an FPS, this game fails. Most gameplay on level 1—which should be the most polished and fun—is just going around in circles holding left click. In boss fights, you have to spam right click because bosses are faster than normal enemies, forcing you to dash constantly.”

“The game has a lot of personality, but the gameplay gets highly repetitive very quickly.”

“If you want a visual novel with an absurd to the point of incoherence story, then you might like this, but only maybe.”

“The first level is a mess, you just wander around this town looking for guys with exclamation points over their heads hoping to progress the story.”

“Its story feels too scatterbrained to be truly resonant, its deviations from gunplay frequently feel half-baked, and some weird technical and design issues hamper parts of the experience.”

“- It seems like, when looking in the direction of a lot of things, it has a tendency to lag the game quite a bit (sometimes even when looking at a wall?). If I had to throw out some guesses (as someone who has done minimal game development, so sorry if any of this is inaccurate), there may not be occlusion culling on everything in the levels, any lighting which doesn't need to be calculated in real-time may not be baked, and there may not be LOD or maximum render distance on some of the more graphically intensive processes, such as billboarding the NPC sprites, making them bounce/play animations, checking for environment interactions [such as birds flying away], and other random level details which could add up to the game being unoptimized.”

“⛔️ Wait for a sale unless the art style alone sells you—there’s potential here, but it needs more polish, better direction, and settings/options.”

“Yea this game may be colorful and pretty with its unique artstyle, but after I left the carnival, that is when I stopped having fun.”

“The art is cool and all, but the performance is terrible.”

“It seems like when looking in the direction of many things, the game lags quite a bit (sometimes even when looking at a wall). There may not be occlusion culling on everything, lighting may not be baked, and there may not be level of detail or maximum render distance on some graphically intensive processes, leading to poor optimization.”

“Performance can sometimes be iffy, with major lag spikes in the last level specifically.”

“I thought it could still be a decent game to play while listening to music or podcasts, but what pushed me over the edge and led me to uninstall it was the fact that it has no sound settings, so you can't turn off the in-game music.”

“I thought it could still be a decent game to play while listening to music or podcasts, but what pushed me over the edge and led me to uninstall it was the fact that it has no sound settings, so you can't turn off the in-game music.”

“The music is also very simple, but I really, really enjoyed it. I thought it was fun and very fitting for all the environments.”

“While not a complex game, its mechanics give you a sense of joy and accomplishment backed up by interwoven character development leading to unexpected places.”

“By far the biggest highlight of this game (at least in my opinion) is the artwork, atmosphere, and character design; it's just a joy to observe through and through and it speaks volumes to the amount of care put into everything.”

“I love the character design, the energy, and the gameplay is very solid even if it takes a backseat at times.”

“It's rather buggy, nothing major, but I did get soft-locked once.”

“Overall the game can be pretty buggy, with a rough start, but it improves after level 3.”

“Bit buggy as of writing this review: 1 softlock, 1 hardlock, and 2 crashes (only one made me replay stuff). Also, the controller sensitivity randomly switched between extremely low and normal sensitivity twice while playing.”

“Unfortunately, the game has no level select and demands replaying the entire game to secure secrets, which is incredibly annoying. This is a criticism I share with the developer's previous game, which had a similar esoteric true route that's easy to mess up and nearly impossible to restart. For players with drifting focus, this replayability mechanic kills motivation when you miss something integral that you can't recover without a full loop around.”

“The game offers zero replayability as you can see everything it has to offer in your first playthrough. You can't skip the lengthy cutscenes, and the so-called 'secrets' are barely secrets—too easy to find and usually involve reading NPC dialogue and cutscenes rather than engaging gameplay. The overall structure locks you out of obtaining all content unless you replay sections under rigid conditions.”

“The shooting is so basic that every fight, including boss fights, feels samey. The minimal pool of weapons is set per level, offering no control over loadouts, and the initial open-world feel is dropped in favor of linear enemy arenas. This lack of variety and the absence of configurable settings contribute to a poor replay experience.”

“Most encounters devolve into circle strafing and the bosses in particular are tedious (bullet sponge enemies, etc).”

“I also wish there was a dialogue skip button if you've seen the lines already; going back to find the secrets I missed was almost tedious, almost!”